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Milking the Cows

Date: 1929
Description: A woman runs the milking operation at the G.L. Hamon dairy farm.
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Mrs. Edna Kern

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Mrs. Edna Kern, a farm wife, standing in her kitchen holding a pie. Her husband is Ernest G. Kern.
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Edna Kern Hauling Water

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Edna Kern, wife of Ernest G. Kern, hauling water in buckets to the hen house.
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Watering the Laying Hens

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Edna Kern in the hen house watering the laying hens.
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At the Mailbox

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Edna Kern picking up the mail at the roadside mailbox.
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Washing Windows

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Edna Kern washing the windows outside her house. A cat is lying on the lawn in the foreground.
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Kern Family at the Supper Table

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: The Kern family, Edna, Nancy, Ernest, and Maribeth, at the supper table.
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Esther A. Elmer

Date: 1935
Description: Esther Elmer, 20, poses with jars of fruits and vegetables which she has canned. A fancy carpet is hanging behind her as a backdrop. She wrote on the rever...
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Elda Strahm

Date: 1935
Description: Elda Strahm, 13, poses outside her home with many prize ribbons which she won at the Green County and Wisconsin State Fairs. Another girl stands on the lef...
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Robbie's Yodel Club Menu

Date: 
Description: Front cover and middle menu pages from Robbie's Yodel Club in the New Glarus Hotel, with a sign featuring the restaurant logo's three figures: one holding ...
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Mexican Tourist Jacket and Hat for Child

Date: 1948
Description: Mexican Tourist Jacket and Hat. These garments were made in 1948 by Mrs. Louise Wild (1891-1980), a dairy farmer's wife, from Adams Township, Green County,...
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Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook Contest

Date: 08 23 1961
Description: This Horseradish Salad won second place in the salad category of the Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook Contest. The recipe was submitted by Mrs. John J. And...
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Broken Star Quilt

Date: 1931
Description: A quilt made by Elda Strahm, a student at Farmer's Grove School, town of York and New Glarus, is displayed hanging outdoors on a clothes line. There is a ...
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Family Dinner

Date: 1956
Description: The Ernst G. Kerns family, with Edna, Nancy, Ernest, and Maribeth sitting at a table.

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